He enrolled at Harvard to study physics and master the technology of filmmaking.
Other manufacturers have similar plans, although they have found it harder to master the technology.
"We might as well master the technology and sell it to them," he said.
For those who master the technology, the money can be pretty good.
If it can master the technology, then the firm's launch prices, already the lowest around, should fall even lower.
Striem-Amit discovered that teaching people to see using the vOICe required more than simply helping them master the technology.
The question is really one of how we master — and teach our children to master — the technology, rather than allowing it to master us.
Mr Maeda concluded that if he, of all people, cannot master the technology needed to use computers effectively, it is time to declare a crisis.
The good news, he said, is that countries like China and Russia recognize limits in using those weapons, and terror groups have been slow to master the technology.
They often switch to private firms when they have invested too little to raise standards, or if they feel unable to master the technology required.
